On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 02:58:46PM +0000, Haakon Bugge wrote:
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> > On 21 Jun 2021, at 16:37, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:46:26AM +0000, Haakon Bugge wrote:
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> >>>> You're running an old checkpatch. Since commit bdc48fa11e46 ("checkpatch/coding-style: deprecate 80-column warning"), the default line-length is 100. As Linus states in:
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> >>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/17/229
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> >>>> "... But 80 characters is causing too many idiotic changes."
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> >>> I'm aware of that thread, but RDMA subsystem continues to use 80 symbols limit.
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> >> I wasn't aware. Where is that documented? Further, it must be a
> >> limit that is not enforced. Of the last 100 commits in
> >> drivers/infiniband, there are 630 lines longer than 80.
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> > Linus said stick to 80 but use your best judgement if going past
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> > It was not a blanket allowance to needless long lines all over the
> > place.
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> That is not how I interpreted him:
There was a much newer thread on this from Linus, 2009 is really old
Jason
